Name: Jefferies (JEF) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 180,738,3482026-08-31, 229,657,741

A share bought in 2008

1.0× more of Jefferies today, without buying another share. It was one of 238,498,598 shares then. It is one of 229,657,741 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-03-12	180,738,348	10-K	cover page
2000	2000-03-13	165,890,184	10-K/A	cover page
2001	2001-03-19	165,890,184	10-K405/A	cover page
2002	2002-02-22	165,954,771	10-K/A	cover page
2003	2003-03-25	178,851,876	10-K/A	cover page
2004	2004-03-05	215,227,656	10-K/A	cover page
2005	2005-03-04	215,227,656	10-K/A	cover page
2006	2006-02-23	108,072,508	10-K/A	cover page
2007	2007-02-15	216,351,466	10-K/A	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	238,498,598	10-K
2009	2010-02-16	243,288,154	10-K
2010	2011-02-17	243,808,147	10-K
2011	2012-02-16	244,582,588	10-K
2012	2013-02-14	244,582,588	10-K
2013	2014-02-14	364,132,464	10-K
2014	2015-02-12	366,644,585	10-K
2015	2016-02-11	362,243,256	10-K/A
2016	2017-02-16	359,807,465	10-K
2017	2018-02-15	356,252,768	10-K
2018	2018-11-30	307,515,472	10-K
2019	2020-01-17	287,939,689	10-K/A
2020	2021-01-21	251,070,970	10-K
2021	2022-01-20	241,856,046	10-K
2022	2023-01-19	226,162,081	10-K
2023	2024-01-18	211,936,646	10-K
2024	2025-01-17	206,094,699	10-K
2025	2026-01-15	206,691,275	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Jefferies on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2015cash flow statement against share count

$4.2Bspent on buybacks

137Mfewer shares outstanding

$31spent per share that actually disappeared

$613Mpaid in stock compensation over the same years

Part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. That part costs money and retires nothing, so the cost per share that disappeared is higher than the average price the company paid.

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Insider buying, last 12 months

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.Director2026-07-15, 5,906,542 sh, $324,032,894

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.Director2026-07-15, 5,906,542 sh, $318,717,006

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.Director2026-05-01, 6,429,337 sh, $352,520,548

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.Director2026-05-01, 6,429,337 sh, $310,022,630

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